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The California Tahoe Conservancy has acquired a parcel along the Upper Truckee River that groups have eyed for decades as integral to restoring watersheds in the Tahoe Basin, as well as the lake's clarity.

A community push for preservation of public land in east Las Vegas highlights an ongoing shift in how our national monuments are designated.

A diverse group of speakers gathered in South Reno for a panel discussion on solutions to reduce the numbers of wild horses on Nevada's range and in holding facilities.

Preserve Nevada, the first statewide advocacy organization geared toward protecting Nevada’s cultural, historical and archaeological heritage, releases its list of the top 11 most endangered places in Nevada every other year. Here are the sites the organization is most concerned about.

Radon is an invisible killer, and in Nevada, more than a quarter of houses tested for radon showed higher than safe levels for the odorless gas.

For decades, Nevada's orchids have largely gone unstudied. Desert Research Institute scientists are changing that.

In rural Nevada, a team of Desert Research Institute scientists is testing the limits of ground penetrating radar in a new way: using it to locate lost burial sites at a nearly forgotten cemetery.

Bill: he was taken to a hospital and died at the age of 38 and the shark advisor for the discovery channel and a director of biological programs, for the national aquarium in our capital, good morning to you, and thanks for coming in today. what is your best guess as to how it went -- it went this way. >> unfortunately, this is a very sad circumstance, very unusual. most likely, turbulent water and it was windy and he was out kiteboarding and oftentimes the murky, windy environment where the sha...